Undercover agent movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant undercover agent movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, realistic, serious, tense and exciting films and TV shows about / with undercover agent, undercover, spy, espionage, secret agent, betrayal, conspiracy, chase, murder and violence plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as undercover agent: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Graceland (2013), Spy (2015), Gangland Undercover (2015), The Bureau (2015), American Ultra (2015), Charlie's Angels (2000), Yosi, The Regretful Spy (2022), The Tourist (2010).
Best films
New films
| The Christmas Charade (2024) | 6.7 | |
| Plainclothes (2025) | 7.1 | |
| Kandahar (2023) | 6.1 | |
| Backfire (2023) | 3.0 | |
| Spy/Master (2023) | 7.5 |
List of undercover agent movies
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Style:
exciting, serious, intense, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cia, espionage, terrorism, conspiracy, undercover agent, terrorist, race against time, undercover, government agency, murder, secret agent, corruption ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2013, september 11 2001, year 2001 ...
Place:
russia, new york, afghanistan, moscow russia, london ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Style:
sexy, exciting, action comedy, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night ...
Plot:
secret agent, spy, espionage, secret service, secret organization, undercover, mentor, british, tough guy, chase, murder, undercover agent ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 90s, year 1997, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, kentucky, united kingdom ...
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18K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Somewhere in Southern California, in a drug raid run by the US government, a beachfront property was seized and turned into a residence for undercover cops. They are all top agents of the DEA, FBI, and Customs and they are living in this house ...
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
working undercover, rookie, undercover agent, fbi, fighting crime, young man, drug dealer, coworker, police, danger, special agent, frame up ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
273K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.
Style:
parody, funny, action comedy, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
spy, female spy, undercover agent, espionage, assassin, female agent, female protagonist, female killer, cia, spy spoof, cia agent, disguise ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, paris france, italy, budapest, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
This drama series is a fictionalized retelling of the story of meth dealer-turned-ATF informant Charles Falco, who spent three years inside one of America's most dangerous motorcycle gangs, the Vagos. Although Falco originally took on the ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
motorcycle gang, working undercover, undercover agent, informant, organized crime, undercover, outlaw, gang, mafia, drug dealer, danger, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, virginia, california, southern california
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Within the DGSE (General Directorate for External Security), a department called the Office Of Legends (BDL) forms and remote pilot the most important agents of the French intelligence services: Clandestine. Immersion in hostile country, their ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, undercover agent, terrorism, danger, investigation, national security, secret service, twists and turns, secret identity, mission, characters in danger ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
syria, paris france, middle east, france, israel ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
American Ultra is a fast-paced action comedy about Mike, a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, ...
Style:
black comedy, feel good, entertaining, stylized, scenic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
small town, dark humor, conspiracy, hitman, memory loss, stoner, cia agent, brainwashing, satire, cia, slacker, amnesia ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
west virginia, langley virginia, manila philippines
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.
Style:
sexy, teen, funny, action packed, action comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
women, female friendship, kick-butt women, martial arts, secret agent, spy, woman with a gun, female martial artist, undercover agent, heroine, satire, girlfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 367 min.
TV show
Story:
An Argentinean intelligence agent infiltrates the Jewish community to gather information that is then allegedly used to perpetrate two of the worst terrorist attacks in Latin American history, leaving over 100 dead.
Style:
suspense, captivating, realistic, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
reconnaissance, terrorist, terrorism, undercover agent, prospector, torture, male protagonist, special agent, secret agent, organized crime, terrorist bombing, fighting crime ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 90s
Place:
israel, paraguay, argentina, egypt, patagonia
Is relevant?
268K
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
American tourist Frank (Johnny Depp) meets mysterious British woman Elsie (Angelina Jolie) on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye. Remake of the 2005 French film "Anthony Zimmer", ...
Style:
exciting, surprise ending, twist ending, visually appealing, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
love story, mysterious character, master criminal, twists and turns, undercover agent, female spy, undercover, female agent, outsmarting, femme fatale, intelligence agency, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
venice, italy, europe, iran, paris france ...
Is relevant?
107K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Canada, Russia, Serbia, Guadeloupe
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
Style:
suspense, action thriller, satanic, period piece, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female spy, female assassin, spy, female protagonist, female agent, cia agent, one woman army, murder, double agent, russian spy, assassin, female killer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 90s, 80s, year 1985 ...
Place:
paris france, moscow russia, russia, bahamas, milan italy ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when ...
Style:
suspense, harsh, emotional, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, vigilante, revenge, drug cartel, justice, vigilantism, drug, lone hero, brutality, hitman, partner, gang ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, los angeles, usa, california, latin america ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only ...
Style:
feel good, funny, sweet, entertaining, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot:
undercover agent, working undercover, fbi agent, beauty pageant, fish out of water, female agent, tomboy, teenage girl, tough girl, fbi, strong female lead, female fbi agent ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 80s, 2000s, 90s ...
Place:
austin texas, usa, san antonio texas, manhattan new york city, new york ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
Style:
suspense, realistic, factual, novela, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
drug lord, drug cartel, money laundering, money, addiction, drug, federal agent, investigation, undercover agent, drug addiction, biopic, organized crime ...
Time:
year 2016, 80s, year 1985, 20th century, 70s
Place:
colombia, florida, middle east, usa, latin america
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dark Blue was an action/drama television series which premiered on TNT on July 15, 2009, at 10 pm. It ended its run on September 15, 2010. The series is set in Los Angeles, California. It revolves around Carter Shaw, the leader of an undercover ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
working undercover, undercover, police detective, undercover agent, police investigation, fighting crime, law enforcement, right and wrong, team, workplace, coworker, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Italy, Malta
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, exciting, action adventure, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, terrorism, cia, counter terrorism, terrorist, training, kickboxing, government agent, spy, hand to hand combat, showdown, mentor ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
london, warsaw poland, romania, istanbul turkey, virginia ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has ...
Style:
surprise ending, philosophical, confusing, clever, mind bending ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
time travel, time loop, plot twist, time machine, time paradox, twists and turns, parallel universe, gender, destiny, existentialism, changing the past or future, loner ...
Time:
year 1975, future, 2010s, 1940s, year 2014 ...
Place:
usa, new york, peru, cleveland ohio
Is relevant?
354K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Style:
neo noir, clever, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, undercover, organized crime, mobster, mentor, fbi, working undercover, italian mafia, fbi agent, undercover agent, law enforcement, friends ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1997, 90s, year 1978
Place:
new york, new jersey, miami, florida, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
During the Joseon Dynasty, the Secret Royal Inspectors are the eyes and ears of the king. They travel the provinces undercover and listen to the plight of the common people, investigating abuses and corruption of government officials.
Style:
dorama, disturbing, visually appealing, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
inspector, undercover agent, hidden identity, secret agent, officer, political intrigue, secret service, working undercover, incognito, friendship, lifestyle, dynasty ...
Time:
19th century
Is relevant?
15K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A steely special ops agent finds his morality put to the test when he infiltrates a crime syndicate and unexpectedly bonds with the boss' young son.
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
agent, undercover agent, one against many, investigation, special agent, criminal, fight, mob boss, fighting crime, criminal gang, criminal underworld, political conspiracy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
france, libya, tunisia
Is relevant?
20K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, intelligence agency, spy, cia, terrorism, undercover, profanity, code breaking, police, heroes, double agent, renegade ...
Time:
2000s, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, lebanon, europe, britain ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer ...
Style:
suspense, tense, realistic, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
espionage, spy, arms dealer, violence, working undercover, corruption, secret service, british secret service, arms dealing, undercover, violent, betrayal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, egypt, morocco, switzerland, spain ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes back undercover as Big Momma, a slick-talking, slam-dunking Southern granny with attitude to spare! Now this granny must play nanny to three dysfunctional upper class kids in order to spy on their computer hacked dad.
Style:
humorous, teen, feel good, hilarious, funny ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
cross dressing, fbi, nanny, hidden identity, undercover agent, cheerleading, special agent, impersonation, working undercover, law enforcement, black, hip hop ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A hijacked 767 will crash in just 97 minutes when its fuel runs out. Against the strong will of NSA Deputy Toyin, NSA Director Hawkins prepares to have the plane shot down before it does any catastrophic damage on the ground, leaving the fate of the ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
undercover agent, remote control, cia, nuclear bomb, doctor, interpol, morse code, terrorist attack, hijacking, hostage, terrorism, deception ...
Place:
ukraine
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1948, Yu Beiping, an important official of the Special Investigation Bureau, was transferred to Qingcheng by his superior and was ordered to investigate the murder case that occurred there. In fact, Yu Beiping's true identity is being ...
Style:
crime drama, historical drama, captivating, dramatic, exciting ...
Plot:
undercover agent, father daughter conflict, father daughter reunion, double life, secret identity, murder case, investigation, father, estranged daughter, father and daughter, father daughter relationship, estranged father ...
Time:
1940s
Is relevant?
41K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, action comedy, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
cia agent, spy, gay couple, school, muscleman, odd couple, reluctant partners, espionage, secret, child in peril, little girl, undercover agent ...
Time:
2020s, future, 2010s
Place:
berlin germany, paris france, chicago, washington d.c., langley virginia ...
Is relevant?
22K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
While working undercover as a bodyguard to arms dealer Harry, former-soldier-turned-secret-service-agent Ewan survives a bloody shootout with a member of an Islamic terrorist cell who steals Harry's briefcase full of Semtex explosives and ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, undercover, manhunt, undercover agent, conspiracy, spy, fighting crime, danger, rivalry, society, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, britain, london, united kingdom
Is relevant?
219K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Style:
sexy, surprise ending, exciting, suspense, harsh ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
spy, cold war, female spy, assassin, female killer, lgbt, female assassin, female agent, female warrior, rogue agent, lesbian, secret agent ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 1989, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
berlin germany, east berlin, germany, eastern europe, german democratic republic ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Undercover U.S. agent Bill Wilson makes the bust of his career taking down a cartel leader. Hiding the evidence in his home exposes his family to a brutal targeting on the night of the annual Purge, the deadliest night of the year.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, entertaining, humorous, rough ...
Plot:
undercover agent, drug lord, secret agent, drug cartel, drug, drug dealer, drug dealing, drug traffic, drug trade, home invasion, survival, dystopia ...
Time:
near future
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone. But the guys are ...
Style:
exciting, action thriller, entertaining, action packed, fast ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
car, street racing, car chase, racing, car race, buddy, undercover agent, vigilante, chases and races, sports car, auto racing, race ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, los angeles, miami
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